Re: Batteries and Fire

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I always cut both terminals off as close as possible before tossing them in
my truck...nothing more annoying than a smoldering smell as you're driving
in traffic and can't stop.


"MissingLink" <primate@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| "nick markowitz" <nick-markowitz@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| > Julian
| > I investigate fires as well as install alarms and have seen sevral fires
| > started by batteries even flash light batteries when you have the right
| > conditions you will get ignition in fact it is a well known trick by
| > arsonists to use batteries
| > to do a time delayed fire.
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| true but only a moron or a diy'er or an RLB trainee would throw a 12V 7 Ah
| battery in the trash, tape or no tape over the terminals..
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